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Millerandage

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Irregular fruit set that causes berries to be non-uniform in size and maturity

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Original Chianti recipe by Bettino Ricasoli

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Sangiovese, canajolo, malvagia - has changed when DOCG 1984

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First Chianti documented when

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13 century

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Barolo communes

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Novela
Serralunga d’Alba
Monforte d’Alba
Castigliane Faletto
Barolo
Diano d’Alba
Verduno
Roddi
Cherasco
Grinzane Cavour
La Morra

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Barbaresco communes

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Barbaresco
Treiso
Neive
San Rocco Seno d’Elvio

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Malvasia group

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Malvasia Bianca di Candia
Malvasia Bianca Lunga
Malvasia del Lazio
Malvasia Istriana
Malvasia Nera di Brindisi
Malvasia Nera di Lecce
Malvasia di Candia Aromatica
Malvasia di Lipari
Malvasia di Casorzo
Malvasia di Scierano

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Lambrusco family

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Lambrusco sorbara
Lambrusco grasparossa
Lambrusco salamino
Lambrusco maestri
Lambrusco marani

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Moscato family (5)

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Moscato Bianco
Moscato d’Alessandria/zibbibo
Moscato Giallo
Moscato di Scanzo
Moscato Rosa

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Valpolicella 5 regions

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Sant’Ambrogio di Valpolicella
San Pietro in Cariano,
valleys of Fumane,
Marano and
Negrar di Valpolicella.

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Vernacchia di Serrapetrona DOCG

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Marche.
min 40% Air-dried grapes Vernaccia Nera
Sparkling red wine

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7 subzone of Valle d’Aosta

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Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle
Enfer d’Arvier
Torrette
Nus
Chambave
Arnad-Montjovet
Donnas

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Lighter->darker Valle d’Aosta red grape varieties (6 of them)

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Lightest, aromatic - Prie Rouge (Premetta)
Petit Rouge
Cornalin - firm tan, med acid
Mayolet - med tan, med acid
Fumin - firm tannin, high acid
Vuillermin - high tannin, fresh acidity

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Albarola

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AKA Bianchetta Genovese
AKA La Spezia, Sarzana (Tuscany)
Liguria: Golfo del Tigullio DOC, Val Polcevera DOC (blend w/Pigato, Bosco)
Tuscany: Massa Carara, Piza

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Falanghina

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2 distincts cultivars:
Falanghina Flegrea and Falanghina Beneventana
Lemon yellow collar both
Flegrea: white flowers, fresh herbals
Beneventana: “yellow” flowers, apples, banana peach

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Forastera

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Campania
Ischia island, DOC Ischia Forastera, part of blend
white grape
The good forester is herbal, rich mouthfeel

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Nebbiolo name in Valle d’Aosta

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Picotendro

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Nebbiolo name in nord Piedmont (Alta Langhe)

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Spanna

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Garganega name in Sicily

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Grecanico Dorato

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Colli Bolognesi Pignoletto grape

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Grechetto di Todi/Grechetto Gentile
Emilia-Romagna
Surrounding Bologna
soil - marl, conglomerate

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Colli Martani DOC grape, where

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Grechetto di Todi/Grechetto Gentile
near historic town Todi
Umbria

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Grechetto aromas (both)

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Grechetto di Orvieto: pear, hazelnut, floral
Grechetto di Todi/Grechetto Gentile: citrus and herbal

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Vendimmia tardiva meaning

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late harvest

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Grillo 2 biotypes

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Grilo Vecchio
Grillo Nuovo - more widely planted, less susceptible to millendage

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Grillo parents

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Catarratto Bianca Lungo + Moscato d’Alessandria

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High anthocyanin meaning
Deep ruby cooler with purple hues
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Nasco
white grape from Sardinia one of oldest grape DOC Nasco di Cagliari best Nasco - sweet one
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Nebbiolo soils
marine sedimentary soils from 3 geological stages with layers of sandstone and clay called flysch. Roero - marine-sedimentary rock&sand of lake or river origin alto Piedmont - ancient volcanic soil to sandy to alluvial Valtellina - alluvial, sandy, rocky
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Durella grape
white grape, Veneto Lessini Durello DOC Gambellara DOC
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Pecorino regions and resurrected by who
Guido Cocci Grifoni in 1980s Marche, Abruzzo Marche: Offida DOCG
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Pignolo resurrected by who, region
Walter Filiputti Abbazia di Rosazzo Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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Ribolla Gialla 2 grand cru's
Oslavia - higher altitude&cooler nights -,Emory, mineral, higher acid wines Rosazzo - warmer mesoclimate - richer, deeper wines
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Ruche parents
Croatina x Malvasia di Aromatica di Parma (Malvasia Odorosissima)
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Ruche resurrected by who
Don Giacomo Cauda
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Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG zones (5)
Montefalco Bevagna Castel Ritaldi Gianno dell'Umbria Gualdo Cattaneo
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Friuli Colli Orientali DOC (Schipettino 2 subzones)
Cialla (1995) Schioppettino di Prepotto (2008)
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High rotondone meaning
pepper
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Who bring Teroldego to intentional stage
Elisabetta Foradori to limit vine's natural vigor: mass selection the estate's oldest and and most high quality yielding vines
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Best area for Teroldego
Piana Rotaliana sandy, gravelly plain at the foot of the Dolomites (calcareous, granitic, porphyr) - original and best site for variety
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Timorasso who rescued?
Walter Messia winemaker first 100% Timorasso 1987
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Timorasso region
Colli Tortonesi (Piedmont)
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Verdicchio biotypes
Trebbiano di Soave Trebbiano di Lugana (AKA Turbiana)
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2 sub varieties of Verduzzo Friulano
Verduzzo Giallo - hillside, sweet, Ramandolo DOCG Verduzzo Verde - flatland, dry
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Marzemino grape 2 group name
Trentino-Alto Adige, red grape offspring of Teroldego parent Refosco del Peduncolo Rosso 2 main groups: Marzemino Gentile Marzemina Padovana Mostly blended Colli di Conegliano DOCG and Botticino DOC Pashto examples can be found, abbocato, med-sweet, sparkling in E-R and Veneto.
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Valtellina Cru's
Maroggia Sassella Grumello Inferno Valgella
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River name in Valtellina
Adda river
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Soil in Valtellina
Schist mixed with moraine (deposits left by ancient glaciers) and alluvial Good drainage
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Franciacorta first published
1570 - doctor Conforti referred wine Mordace - fizzy wine
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Pergola system in Piedmont
Topia
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Training system for Spanna
Maggiorina
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Soils of Barolo 3 name
Messinian 7-5 mln ago Tortonian 11-7 mln ago Serravalian 13-11 mln ago
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Campania regions
Caserta Benevento Napoli Avellino Salerno
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2 subregions share Fiano d'Avelino and Taurasi
Montefalcone Lapio
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Piedirosso grape
Campania Mostly grown in Napoli province Ischia DOC, Campi Glegrei DOC, Capri DOC, Cilento DOC, Costa d'Amalfi DOC, Irpinia DOC, Ischia DOC Meaning "red foot" Normally blend w/Aglianico to soften acidity and tannin
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Schiava group
Schiava Gentile Schiava Grigia Schiava Grossa Light bodied wines red berried fruits, almond flavour most planted in Alto Adige Santa Madalena area
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Alto Adige rivers
Adige Isarco
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Nosiola best side
Alto Adige, Lake dei Laghi
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Schiava best sub-regions
Santa Maddalena AA DOC Meranese AA DOC Colli di Bonzano AA DOC
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Lago di Coldaro sub region where which grape
Under Alto Adige DOC (sub region Oltradige) Exclusively Schiava
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Sub regions of AA DOC
Val Venosta Merano Val d'Adige Bolzano Valle Isarco Oltradige Bassa Atesina
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Nosiola
Lake dei Laghi
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The only Lambrusco grow on the hill
Lambrusco Grasparosso
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Which species has only female flowers
Picolit and Lambrusco di Sorbara
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Meaning of the word Labrusca
bramble bush
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House of the Attelani
They have discovered in 2010 from 14th century - Malvasia di Candia Aromatica Attelani owned land in Candia, Lomellina They replanted the vineyard now
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monoterpenes
Monoterpenes are compounds found in the plants. These compounds contribute to the flavor and aroma of plant. linalool, geraniol, nerol, alpha-terphinol
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Garganega 2 separate varieties
Garganega Comune (Grecanico Dorato in Sicily) - most commonly we refer this Garganega Grossa (Garganegona in Venice)
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Breganze DOC grape (where)
Veneto 100% Vespaiolo Torcolato - sweet dried on or off (passito)
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Lison DOCG
Min 85% Tai
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Piave Malanotte DOCG
Raboso Piave min 70% Raboso Veronese max 30%
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Bagnoli Friularo DOCG
Raboso min 90%
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Bardolino Superiore DOCG
Corvina (35-80%), Rondinella (10-40%), Molinara (max 15%)
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Colli Euganei Fior d’Arancio DOCG
Moscato Giallo min 95%
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Lessini Durello DOC
Min 85% Durella
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Lugana DOC
MIn 90% Trebbiano di Lugana (called Turbiana)
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Buttafuoco Del Oltrepo Pavese DOC grape
Barbera 25-65% Croatian 25-65% Uva Rara, Vespolina max 45%
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Bonarda del Oltrepo Pavese DOC grapes
Croatian min 85%, Vespolina, Uva Rara
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Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG grape
Pinot Nero min 70% Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Bianco
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Valtellina Superiore DOCG grape
min 90% Nebbiolo
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Which Malvasia found in the house of Leonardo da Vinci
Malvasia di Candia Aromatica
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Nero d'Avola sinonimo
Calabrese
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Nero d'avila DOCGs and DOCs
Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG (50-70%), Eloro DOC (Pacino is Grand Cru), Marsala DOC, Noto DOC Sicilia DOC, Siracusa DOC, Vittoria DOC
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Nero d'avila growing regions
Sicily, Calabria
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Main characteristic of Nero d'avola
Tolerant to heat and of saline soils without dropping the acidity
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Aglianico synonyms
Aglianicello Aglianico Panarano
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Aglianico biotypes
Taurasi, Taburno, Vulture
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Aglianico DOC and DOCGs
Aglianico del Taburno DOCG (85%) Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG (100%) Taurasi DOCG (85%) Campi Flegrei DOC, Irpinia DOC Silento DOC, Sannio DOC, Gallucio DOC
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Aglianico blending partners
Abruzzo/Molise - Montepulciano Puglia - Primitivo Campania - Piedirosso
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Aglianico most important characteristics
Drought resistant, late ripening, small, thick skinned, thrives on volcanic soil and calcareous
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Barbera in Lombardy?
Oltrepo Pavese (blended with Croatina)
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Malvasia di Lipari synonims
Greco Bianco (Calabria) Malvasia di Dubrovnik Malvasia di Sardegna Greco di Gerace
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Gaglioppo root and where?
Calabria, Campania, Marche Sibling of Frappato Sangiovese x Mantonico = Gaglioppo
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Sagrantino Montefalco DOCG grape and DOC grape
Sagrantino Montefalco DOCG 100%Sagrantino Montefalco DOC : 60-70% Sangiovese, Sagrantino 10-15%, w:Grechetto 50%, Trebbiano Toscana
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Corvina grape % requirement in their DOC(g)
Valpolicella DOC (together with Amarone DOCG, Recite DOCG), Ripasso DOC) 45-95% Bardolino DOC (Bardolino Superiore DOCG) 35-80%
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Corvina parent/ siblings
Parent: Refosco del Peduncolo Rosso (grandparent -Teroldego Marzemino) Child (unknown another parent) - Rondinella
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Nebbiolo in Roero DOCG
Right across Tanaro river from Barolo, Barbaresco Climate: warm continental. Arid (low rain) Hills are lower than Langhe Le Rocche - rocky cliff Soil: Tortonian soil and sand, high sand content - makes soil light, loose, soft Min 95% Nebbiolo, 5% other varieties 20 m , 6 m in oak. Riserva 32 m, 6 m DOCG in 2004 2017 - MGA, 153. 19 minicipalities Roero nebbiolo - medium bodied, softer, less tannic, approachable in their youth.
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Ciro DOC grapes
Gaglioppo min 80%
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Grignolino DOCs
Grignolino d'Asti DOC 90% Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese DOC 90% (10% for both Friesa)
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Ruche DOCG, grape
Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG (90% Ruche, 10% Barbera, Brachetta)
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Malvasia di Odorosissima another name
Malvasia Aromatica di Parma (the one from Leonardo house)
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Ruche parents
Malvasia Aromatica di Parma x Croatina
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Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG soil types and wine (how many sub zones)
7 sub-zones Soil : Calcium carbonate, silt - fragrant wines Clay with sand - structured wines
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Ruche who rescued and when
1964 - Don Giacomo Cauda
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Freisa DOCs
Freisa d'Asti DOC 100% Freisa di Chieri DOC 90%
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Verduno Pelaverga DOC where and grape
Pelaverga 85% Piedmont
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Nebbiolo based DOC from Alta Piedmont?
Carema DOC 85% Lessona DOC 85% Bramaterra DOC 50-80% C V U Boca DOC 70-90% V U Sizzano DOC 50-70% V U Fara DOC 50-70% V U
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Soil in Nord Piedmont
Volcanic soil with porphyr - Gattinara, Bramaterra, Boca - elegant and perfumed wines with solid tannins. Alluvial - Ghemme, Fara, Sizzano - darker, structurer wines
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Nebbiolo synonyms in other regions (3)
Spanna - nord Piedmont Picotendro - Valle d'Aosta Chiavennasca - Valtellina
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Nebbiolo biotypes
Nebbiolo Lampia -most widely planted, high quality Nebbiolo Michet - more concentrated and more structured Nebbiolo Rose - different variety
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Sangiovese based of Vin Santo
Vin Santo Occhio di Pernice
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Sangiovese DOCGs in Tuscany (7) sangiovese %-ge
Chianti DOCG 70-100% Chianti Classico DOCG 80-100% Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 100% Morellino di Scanzano DOCG 85% Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG 70% Carmignano DOCG 50% Montecucco Sangiovese DOCG 90%
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DOC in Tuscany main grape variety Syrah?
Cortona DOC
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Supplementary varieties of Prosecco?
Verdiso Perera Bianchetta
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Father of Prosecco
Antonio Carpene
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Takes his name from Mascali, Catania, but also cultivated in Calabria
Nerello Mascalese
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RIbola spizad synonim
Prosecco Lungo, different from glera
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Cannonau 3 noticeable sub-zones:
Oliena., Jerzu, Capo Ferrato
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How many % allowd to add Corvinone in blend for Amarone, Valpolicella, Recioto?
up to 50%

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